KJV King James Version
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
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Jeremiah 52:3
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
WEB World English Bible
For through the anger of Yahweh it happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
ASV American Standard Version
For through the anger of Jehovah did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence.And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for, because of the anger of Jehovah, it hath been in Jerusalem and Judah till He hath cast them from before His face, and Zedekiah doth rebel against the king of Babylon.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 52
1 Zedekiah [was] one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 And he did [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
3 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, [that] Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth [day] of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
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כִּ֣י׀H3588 · kiforעַל־H5921 · aluponאַ֣ףH639 · aphface: angerיְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDהָֽיְתָה֙H1961 · ha.yahto beבִּירוּשָׁלִַ֣םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemוִֽיהוּדָ֔הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahעַד־H5704 · adtillהִשְׁלִיכ֥וֹH7993 · sha.lakhto throwאוֹתָ֖םH853 · et[Obj.]מֵעַ֣לH5921 · aluponפָּנָ֑יוH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeוַיִּמְרֹ֥דH4775 · ma.radto rebelצִדְקִיָּ֖הוּH6667 · tsid.qiy.yahZedekiahבְּמֶ֥לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingבָּבֶֽל׃H894 · ba.velBabylon
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 36:13And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.Isaiah 3:4-5And I will give children [to be] their princes, and babes shall rule over them.Isaiah 3:1For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,Ezekiel 17:12-21Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these [things mean]? tell [them], Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;2 Samuel 24:1And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.Proverbs 28:2For the transgression of a land many [are] the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding [and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.Isaiah 19:4And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!1 Kings 10:9Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
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